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Having problems with your Dell Inspiron 1501 Notebook ?

Disk drive e

\015 I have my dell inspiron 1501 i normally used my drive e to burn music and files but recently it cant read cd's anymore please help me i have lots of things to do:-)\015

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I also had the same problem what i did personally was .\015\012click on set programs and access defaults from start menu,then click on add and remove button and it was in custom and click on microsoft windows and hit ok.it solved my problem.u can try this.\015\012or sometimes it might be bad disk..most of the time is because of the bad disk too..hope this helps .

Clean the lens with a cleaning disc or open the burner and clean manually with a soft cloth. Check the IDE cable, if possible replace it. If these procedure did not solve, replace the burner with a new one. keep posting.

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